I’ve recently been working on amalgamating as much freshwater fish data as possible, and ended up with a dataset with 350,000+ individual fish records. An amazing dataset, and just a subset – in this case, from the period 2002-2012 (centring on the LCM 2007 dataset). This work is part of the Hydroscape project and it’s going to create a fantastic resource for this work and future research.
The data is amazing, but I wanted to make it a bit more fun, so here are the unique recorded freshwater fish species from this period, sourced entirely from ‘labelled for reuse’ imagery then passed through a LowPoly filter. The following fish are the unique species recorded in the UK from this period, minus the genus-level data and hybrid species (see here +SVGs). Enjoy!
Allis shad
Alosa alosa
Alosa alosa
Amur bitterling
Rhodeus sericeus
Rhodeus sericeus
Arctic char
Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus alpinus
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Salmo salar
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri
Lampetra planeri
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
Salmo trutta
Common barbel
Barbus barbus
Barbus barbus
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
Alburnus alburnus
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio
Common chub
Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus
Common dab
Limanda limanda
Limanda limanda
Common dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Leuciscus leuciscus
Common goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Pomatoschistus microps
Common minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
Phoxinus phoxinus
Common perch
Perca fluviatilis
Perca fluviatilis
Common roach
Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus
Common rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
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Corkwing wrasse
Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops
Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
Carassius carassius
Eurasian ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernuus
Gymnocephalus cernuus
European bass
Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax
European bullhead
Cottus gobio
Cottus gobio
European eel
Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla
European flounder
Platichthys flesus
Platichthys flesus
European river lamprey
Lampetra fluviatilis
Lampetra fluviatilis
European sea sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio
European smelt
Osmerus eperlanus
Osmerus eperlanus
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Sprattus sprattus
European whitefish
Coregonus lavaretus
Coregonus lavaretus
Freshwater bream
Abramis brama
Abramis brama
Golden grey mullet
Liza aurata
Liza aurata
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Thymallus thymallus
Gudgeon
Gobio gobio
Gobio gobio
Ide
Leuciscus idus
Leuciscus idus
Ninespine stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
Pungitius pungitius
Northern pike
Esox lucius
Esox lucius
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Lepomis gibbosus
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss
River trout
Salmo trutta subsp. fario
Salmo trutta subsp. fario
Sand goby
Pomatoschistus minutus
Pomatoschistus minutus
Sea lamprey
Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzon marinus
Sea trout
Salmo trutta subsp. trutta
Salmo trutta subsp. trutta
Spined loach
Cobitis taenia
Cobitis taenia
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula
Barbatula barbatula
Stone moroko
Pseudorasbora parva
Pseudorasbora parva
Straightnose pipefish
Nerophis ophidion
Nerophis ophidion
Sunbleak
Leucaspius delineatus
Leucaspius delineatus
Tench
Tinca tinca
Tinca tinca
Thicklip grey mullet
Chelon labrosus
Chelon labrosus
Thinlip mullet
Liza ramada
Liza ramada
Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Twait shad
Alosa fallax
Alosa fallax
Vendace
Coregonus albula
Coregonus albula
Weis catfish
Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
Blicca bjoerkna
White sucker
Catostomus commersoni
Catostomus commersoni
Zander
Sander lucioperca
Sander lucioperca
Other Records
Genus-level data:
- Alosa
- Cetorhinidae
- Gobiidae
- Lampetra
- Mugilidae
- Petromyzontidae
- Pleuronectidae
- Pomatoschistus
- Pseudotropheus
Hydrid species:
- Abramis bjoerkna x Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Abramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna
- Abramis brama x Rutilus rutilus
- Abramis brama x Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Alburnus alburnus x Leuciscus leuciscus
- Alburnus alburnus x Rutilus rutilus
- Carassius auratus x Carassius carassius
- Carassius auratus x Cyprinus carpio
- Carassius carassius x Cyprinus carpio
- Cyprinus carpio x Carassius carassius
- Leuciscus cephalus x Alburnus alburnus
- Leuciscus cephalus x Leuciscus leuciscus
- Leuciscus cephalus x Rutilus rutilus
- Leuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus
- Leuciscus leuciscus x Rutilus rutilus
- Rutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna
- Rutilus rutilus x Abramis brama
- Rutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus
- Rutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus
- Rutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Salmo trutta x Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Salmo trutta x Salmo salar
- Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis
- Scardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis bjoerkna
- Scardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama
Downloads
Feel free to use the SVGs as you wish.
And here’s all the fish as a UK Guide.